Mind is a MetaphorMetaphors Database by Brad Pasanekhttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors
The mind devour'd by "former Lawyers" is like a silly Goose ensnared by "the sly Fox"Work: "IN NOVA FERT ANIMUS MUTATAS DICERE FORMAS CORPORA."http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/8575
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/8575"But was it made for nothing else beside / Passions to draw, and Reason to be Guide? / Was so much Art employ'd to drag and drive / Nothing within the Vehicle alive? / No seated Mind that claims the moving Pew, / Master of Passions, and of Reason too?"Work: Thoughts on the Constitution of Human Nature, as Represented in the Systems of Modern Philosophers [from Miscellaneous Poems]http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/19859
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/19859"Strong Passions draw, like Horses that are strong, / The Body-Coach of Flesh and Blood along; / While subtle Reason, with each Rein in Hand, / Sits on the Box, and has them at Command; / Rais'd up aloft, to see and to be seen, / Judges the Track, and guides the gay Machine."Work: Thoughts on the Constitution of Human Nature, as Represented in the Systems of Modern Philosophers [from Miscellaneous Poems]http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/19858
http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/19858"Come, peace of mind, delightful guest! / Oh, come, and make thy downy nest / Once more on his sad heart!"Work: The Harp, and Despair, of Cowperhttp://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/8668
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